Azure Minerals Ltd ASX Code: AZS @AzureMinerals www.azureminerals.com.au Tony Rovira Managing Director
Azure Minerals Ltd Objective To be a low cost, high margin copper producer Strategy Developing our high quality mineral assets in partnership with resource majors Commodity Focus Copper + gold + silver Why Mexico? A mineral-rich, low cost, mining friendly country
Corporate Overview Key Statistics ASX Code AZS Share Price Chart Share Price $0.02 Shares 817,457,869 Options 25M @ 5.8c 26M @ 4.5c Market Capitalisation $16M Cash $0.5M Board & Management Chairman Managing Director Non-Executive Director Chief Financial Officer Peter Ingram Tony Rovira Wolf Martinick Brett Dickson Shareholders Drake Private Investments 12.0% Yandal Investments 3.6% Directors 1.5% Top 40 Shareholders 37.5%
Advanced-stage Promontorio Project sole-funded by Rio Tinto JV with Rio Tinto highlights quality of project and promotes accelerated exploration and development Advanced-stage Alacrán Copper Project Contains large body of near-surface, leachable copper mineralisation within a world-class mining district Numerous target opportunities for precious and base metal deposits on underexplored property Experience and Reputation of Management Extensive experience operating in-country and very positive reputation and relationships with Mexican Government, local communities and workforce Near term catalysts for uplift in valuation Promontorio exploration results Alacrán exploration results Investment Thesis
Mineral-rich, mining friendly country: >500 years mining history Azure has established presence and extensive in-country experience Favourable Mining Act with pro-mining government & bureaucracy Skilled and experienced local workforce in a low cost environment Democratic government - ranked #5 in the world for favourable mining investment* 1 st World country Member of G20-14 th Largest Economy in the World Member of NAFTA Why Mexico? Modern legal, financial, accounting and taxation systems * Behre Dolbear 2014 Survey
Exciting Project Pipeline Rio Tinto JV Promontorio Copper-Gold-Silver Advanced Projects Alacrán Copper-Molybdenum-Gold El Tecolote Copper-Zinc Emerging Projects Panchita Gold Loreto Copper-Gold New Projects Always looking for new opportunities
Projects
Promontorio Project 105km 2 hectare property Near-surface, high grade epithermal copper-gold-silver deposits with deeper porphyry copper mineralisation Promontorio Deposit: Copper-gold-silver deposit with JORC Mineral Resource and positive Pre-Feasibility Study completed Cascada Deposit: Copper-gold-silver deposit, Mineral Resource underway Porphyry: Porphyry-hosted copper mineralisation discovered beneath Cascada & Promontorio attracts the interest of Rio Tinto Rio Tinto returns to Mexico: Large earn-in / JV underway on Promontorio Excellent regional potential: Limited exploration to date
Promontorio Exploration Model Epithermal Copper-Gold Deposits Promontorio & Cascada Porphyry Copper Deposit Rio Tinto s focus
Rio Tinto Joint Venture a landmark deal RIO TINTO JOINT VENTURE Promontorio Landmark agreement: Rio Tinto returns to Mexico Rio can earn 80% project interest Azure free-carried for up to first US$245M expenditure Exploration has commenced - sole-funded by Rio Tinto Rio Tinto targeting copper deposit >1 million tonnes Cu Result = accelerated exploration & development
Upon Signing Rio Tinto paid Azure US$250,000 Stage 1 Rio Tinto sole-funds US$2M exploration in 2015 Stage 2 Rio Tinto can earn 51% interest by spending US$20M (in total) Stage 3 Promontorio Joint Venture key terms Rio Tinto can earn 80% interest by spending US$45M (in total) At 80:20 JV, with US$50m credit, Azure will not contribute until Rio Tinto has spent US$245m
Promontorio Stage 1 Program - 2015 Rio Tinto paid Azure US$250,000 on signing Rio Tinto funding US$2M exploration in 2015 Geophysical surveys Diamond drilling Azure to manage Stage 1 exploration program Azure receives management fee of 10% of expenditure
Projects
Exciting New Acquisition - Alacrán Copper RIO TINTO JOINT VENTURE Promontorio Historical drilling identified large, near-surface body of leachable copper mineralisation Covers 54km 2 in North America s premier copper province +75 million tonnes of copper produced (1870 s 2011) +295 million tonnes of total copper endowment Situated adjacent to the world class Cananea Copper Mine Ore Reserves of 8 billion tonnes @ 0.33% Cu (26 million tonnes copper) Annual production capacity increasing to 510,000 tonnes of copper in 2015 Best under-explored copper project in Mexico
Alacrán in North America s Premier Copper Belt Copper Trend Copper Trend Alacrán
Best Under-Explored Copper Project in Mexico RIO TINTO JOINT VENTURE Promontorio Little previous exploration Historical mining (1900-1913) focused on high grade silvercopper, and was stopped by Mexican Revolution Alacrán has potential for: 1. High grade polymetallic sulphide deposits 2. Mid-grade porphyry-style sulphide copper deposits 3. Low grade supergene, leachable chalcocite copper deposits TERMS Azure to acquire 100% of Alacrán Copper Project from Teck by spending US$5M over 4 years Teck has right to buy back up to 65% for US$15M
RIO TINTO Alacrán JOINT Early VENTURE Exploration Promontorio Results Cananea Copper Mine 15km NW Palo Seco Processing Plant Site Continuous channel sample (1) 12m @ 118g/t Silver Rock chip sample (1) 309g/t Silver 14.9% Zinc 1.4% Lead 1.5g/t Gold Palo Seco Open Cut (1) See ASX release dated 19 January 2015 Palo Seco Mineralisation
Alacrán Stage 1 Program - 2015 Mapping and sampling in progress Geophysical surveys being quoted Exploration drilling in planning Resource drilling
Azure in 2015 Promontorio: Fully-funded exploration underway with Rio Tinto spending US$2M in accelerated program Alacrán: To be systematically explored for the first time in the modern era excellent potential for large copper resource with early stage exploration
Tony Rovira Managing Director Azure Minerals Limited Ph: +61 8 9481 2555 tony@azureminerals.com.au Media & Investor Relations Rupert Dearden MAGNUS Investor Relations Ph:+61 8 6160 4903 Mob: +61 422 209 889
Appendix - Promontorio Project Further information on Promontorio Project
Promontorio Deposit JORC Mineral Resource (1) (@ 0.5% CuEq cut off) Tonnes CuEq (2) (%) Cu (%) Au (g/t) Indicated 610,000 4.4 2.7 1.7 56 Inferred 230,000 3.3 1.8 1.5 56 TOTAL 840,000 4.1 2.5 1.6 56 Ag (g/t) Metallurgical Test Results (3) Grade (%) Copper Gold Silver Recovery (%) Grade (ppm) Recovery (%) Grade (ppm) Recovery (%) Concentrate 39.5 94 9.6 54 773 88 (1) See ASX release dated 10 May 2013 (2) See Appendix for Copper Equivalency (CuEq) Statement (3) See ASX release dated 22 August 2012
Promontorio Positive results from 2012 PFS (1) Selective underground mining & sulphide flotation to produce high grade copper concentrate Gross revenue = US$195 Million Free cash = US$54 Million C1 cash costs = US$1.16 / lb Copper NPV (10%) = US$32 Million IRR = 42% Capex = US$34.5 Million Total metal production 19,400t Copper 14,900oz Gold 1,220,000oz Silver (1) See ASX release dated 22 August 2012 Metals prices used were current at time of study @ 8/8/2012 Cu @ US$3.42/lb Au @ US$1,612/oz Ag @ US$28/oz
Promontorio underground mining model Mining Inventory = 656,000t @ 3.2% Cu, 1.4g/t Au & 67g/t Ag Annual Mine Production = 150,000t Mine Life = 4½ years Selective UG mining operation
Cascada Deposit High grade, near surface epithermal copper-gold-silver deposit JORC mineral resource in progress Located 200m from Promontorio Deposit Better copper intercepts (1) : Better gold intercepts (2) : 36m @ 2.9% Cu 28m @ 4.5% Cu 19m @ 6.8% Cu 153m @ 1.1g/t Au 150m @ 1.5g/t Au 114m @ 2.4g/t Au Potential for either bulk-tonnage open pit or selective underground mine Favourable metallurgy - Excellent results from bulk sample test work (3) Grade (%) Copper Gold Silver Recovery (%) Grade (ppm) Recovery (%) Grade (ppm) Recovery (%) Concentrate 37.7 93 15.2 75 470 83 (1) See ASX release dated 5 July 2013 (2) See ASX release dated 12 February 2014 (3) See ASX release dated 14 May 2014
DISCLAIMER Competent Person Statements: The information in this report that relates to Mineral Resources was prepared and first disclosed under the JORC Code 2004. It has not been updated since to comply with the JORC Code 2012 on the basis that the information has not materially changed since it was last reported, and is based on information compiled by Mr Tony Rovira who is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr Rovira has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit under consideration, and to the activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves. Mr Rovira is a full time employee of the Company and consents to the inclusion in the report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears. Information in this report that relates to previously reported Exploration Results has been crossed-referenced in this report to the date that it was reported to ASX. Azure Minerals Limited confirms that it is not aware of any new information or data that materially affects information included in the relevant market announcement. Copper Equivalency Statement: Copper Equivalent (CuEq) was based on the following assumed metal prices that were guided by the three year averages at the data cut-off date: US$3.25/lb for Cu, US$1,450/oz for Au and US$27.50/oz for Ag. The CuEq grade accounts for the following metal recoveries, which were based on metallurgical testwork completed on the adjacent Promontorio deposit by independent metallurgical laboratories AMDEL and Ammtec, under the supervision of Coffey Mining Pty Ltd: 97.9% for Cu, 93.4% for Au, and 97.0% for Ag. It is Azure s belief that all elements included in the metal equivalent calculation have a reasonable potential to be recovered. The following formula was used to calculate the Copper Equivalent grade: CuEq (%) = (Cu% x 0.979) + (Au (g/t) x 0.6077) + (Ag (g/t) x 0.0120)